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huffingtonpost.com - 12/28/2008
Franken Should Be Seated Until Election Mess Is Resolved: Klobuchar
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With concern rising in Minnesota that the state could be without a Senator for the crucial early months of the next Congress, Sen. Amy Klobuchar weighed in with a significant proposal this weekend: seat the unofficial winner until all legal challenges are finalized. "If the Canvassing Board ...

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Politics Daily:  Klobuchar: Seat Franken Now, Argue About it Later

Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, Making A Franken Win Nearly Certain
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/24/2008
Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, Making A Franken Win Nearly Certain
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Norm Coleman just got a Christmas present from the Minnesota Supreme Court: A giant lump of coal. In a unanimous decision handed down just now, the state Supremes denied Coleman any relief in a lawsuit he was waging to deal with allegations of ... (more) Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, ...

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Minnesota Recount Almost Over -- But Coleman Could Keep A Franken Win Bottled Up For Weeks
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/31/2008
Minnesota Recount Almost Over -- But Coleman Could Keep A Franken Win Bottled Up For Weeks
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — Al Franken could be declared the winner of the Minnesota recount as soon as Monday, but due to the peculiarities of Minnesota election law, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) could keep the seat bottled up in the courts for weeks or even months before a ... (more) Minnesota Recount Almost Over -- But Coleman Could Keep ...

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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/31/2008
Cornyn Indicates Senate GOP Will Resist Seating Al Franken
— tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com — It now looks like the Senate GOP could end up trying to block the seating of Al Franken, assuming he is declared the winner next week in the Minnesota recount. NRSC chairman John Cornyn put out a statement accusing the Franken campaign of falsely ... (more) Cornyn Indicates Senate GOP Will Resist Seating Al Franken

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Klobuchar: Seat Franken Now, Argue About it Later
Politics Daily — ... Senator Amy Klobuchar (D, Minn) has a Solomonic proposal for settling the Franken/Coleman senate contest: Give it to Al. I like the way she thinks. From HuffPo: ...

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